Car end.



J. S. WORTH & C. BRECHT.

CAR END.

APPLiCATION FILED SEPT.23, 1914. 1,251,316. Patented 1160.251917.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT.23. 1914.

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JOHN S. WORTH AN D CHARLES BREHKHT, OF COTESVILLE, PENNSYLVANA, SSIGNQRS TO'JOHN S. WORTH AND 'WILLIAM P. WORTH, OF COATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specication o/f Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. e5, isis.,

Application led September 23, 1914. Serial No. 863,198. f

States, and residents of Coatesville, county of Chester, State of Pennsylvania, ha've invented certain Improvementsv in'Car Ends, of which the Afollowing' isa specification.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in the metallic ends of freight cars, especially of thebox type. The invention can be applied either to wooden cars, as a reinforcement for the ordinary wooden ends, or it may be substituted for the wooden ends, or it may be used for thejends of cars-made entirely ofmetal.

One object of our invention isto make the ends of corrugated metal, the main corrugations being triangular in shape so as to act as braces, as well as to reinforce the ends of the car. v

A further object of the invention is to make the greater number of the corrugations comparatively short at the load line so as to increase the strength of the end at this point. 4 I

A still further object of the invention is to make the end'so that it forms diagonal braces to reinforce the car structure.

Another object of the invention is to combine the plates of the particular form shown with a reinforcing transverse beam, which is formed by bending the edge ofone ofthe plates, or it may be formedof a separate sheet bent into shape. This particularform of the invention is described and* claimed in an application for patent filed by even date herewith under Serial No. 863,195.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, 4is an elevation of a car end,

illustrating our invention;

Fig. 2, is a side view; f Fig. 3, is a plan view;

Figl, is a vertical sectional view on the line a-a, Fig. 1; y

Fig. 5, is an enlarged sectional view,

showing the joint and the reinforcing transverse beam, the section 'being similar to feo .that in Fig. 4g f Fig. 6, is a view, in elevation, of a inodifi.-

cation of the invention; y

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the car en'd .illustrated in Fig. 6;

Fig. 8, is asectional view on the line b b,

Fig. 6;

us of' Fig. 12, is a sectional view on the linel eZ-d, Fig. 11;

Fig. 13, is a view of another modification in which the central beam is omitted, a rectangular plate'extending from top to bottom and from one side to the other, and

Fi 14 is a sectional view through o ne of the AJoints of the construction shown in Fig. 13. v

n the construction of metallic ends of railwa cars it/is essential to make the ends of su cient strength to withstand the end strains of the load within the car, and it is also essential that the plate shall actas a brace for the car framing and this end as possible, and to :accomplish` this the plates are corrugated so as to add materially to .their strength. We have found that by making'the corrugations comparatively short .particularly at the point where'fthe strength is required, we can materially increase the stiffness of the plate without increasing the thickness, and, by dividing the plates into triangular sections, the plates not only act as braces, but also have the advantage of a number of short corrugations. Referring in the first instance to Figs. l to 5 inclusive, the metal end 1 'of the car is f made in two sections 2 'and and 3 and located between these two sections is a transverse reinforcing beam or rib 4a In the present instance, thislrib is midway between the floor andthe top of the car, Ibut it can be located at different points, as desiredlower section is bent to form a base flange 7, while the upper edge of the upper sec tion3 is plain and is shaped to correspond 4to the'shape of the roof of the car.

The beam, in the present'instance, is made as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5, by bending' the edge of thel lowerplate 2 so as to form theupper'and lower portions 8 and 9 of thebam and the end portion 10 thereof. The portion 8 is flanged at l1 and the lower portion of the upper section 3 extends down over this flange so as to shed the water and to prevent it from gaining access to the joint.

In order to reinforce this 'beam and to fclose the inner end, we provide a plate 12 re uired.

he lower section 2 of the end plate of the 'I car has a triangular rib or corrugation 15.

:The upper portion of this triangular rib extends substantially the full width of the car and the diagonal members extend to apoint at the center of the end plate near the bottom thereof. Within-the triangular rib or cor-v rugation is a series of ribs 16,five in the present instance, increasing in length from the base to the center of the end plate of the car, and-at each lower corner of the section 2 are triangular ribs 17 inclosing two short diagonal ribs-'18.

Thus it will be seen that the shortribs are at' the lower portion ofthe car in order l to resist the strain which is greatest at this point, and the long ribs are close to the reinforcing transverse beam 4. The triangular ribs 17 also act as corner stays for the car body and strengthen the body of the car in this particular'. l

In the present instance, the upper section 3 is similarly corrugated like the lower section, but this may be modiiied without departing from the essential features-of the invention.

, 19 is themain triangular rib, which corresponds to the rib 15 of the plate of the section 2, and within this triangular ribl is a series of transverse ribs 20. 21, 21 are the upper corner triangular ribs, within which are the short diagonal ribs 22 forming the end of the design clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. This end can be made of comparatively v light material, yet it will withstand considerable pressure. The transverse beam 4 also a'cts as a reinforcement and this beam can be made much deeper than the ordinary corrugation, owing to the fact that it is formed at the'edge of vone of the plates. In some instances, the lower Y plate may be made heavier than the upper plate, if desired, but the thickness of the material will depend considerably uponthe character 'of the car `to which it is applied.`

vIn Figs. 6,7 and 8, we haveillustrated modifications of the forms illustrated in Fig. 1, and the section 2a has a series of triangular ribs 15a and 16L instead of the-triangular rib 15 and the horizontalribs 16, and a single triangular projection 18 is located within the triangular rib 17, and this is carrled out in the upper section 3l of the end plate.

further modification, in which the end late I is made of six sections. The two centra sections 2b and 3b each has a triangular outer within the triangular rib, and the corner sections 23 and 24 have triangular ribs and diagonal ribs within the triangular ribs. The corner sections l23 are secured to the section'2b by a line of rivets, as illustrated in the drawings, and the sections 24 are secured to the section 3b by a line'of rivets 25, while the two sections 3" and 2b are secured t0-y gether by rivets 26 and the plates at the rivets may be flat, one overlappingthe other, or may be in the form of beams, as illustrated in Fig. 10, depending upon the character of the car under construction and the use for which it is intended.

In Figs. 11 and 12 we have shown the plates arranged so that the central beam 4 is vertical instead of horizontal and beams are also shown at the joints of the corner plates 23a and 24El with the main plates 2 and 3, the vertical beam in thisl instance is deeper at the lower end than at the upper rib and longitudinal ribs differing in length -of any depth according to the type of car to which. the invention is to be applied." The .ribs of the central platel can be arranged horizontally as shown or vertically as desired and the different-sections of any of the car ends shown can vary in thickness, de'

pending upon the use for which the car is intended.

It will be seen from the aboveconstru tion, thatwe are' enabled to make a car end of corrugated sheet metal in two or more sections; the joints at the sections can be reinforced by ribs or beams of any depth de sired; the major portion of the corrugations is comparatively short, thus adding materially to the strength of the plate, and furthermore, considerably reducing the cost (if 1. A metallic end for a freight car-having line through the end of the car and having disconnected reinforcing ribs at each corner.

2. A metallic end for a freight car having analyste diagonal reinforcing ribs extending from the top and bottom of the car at the vertical center line of the end and terminating at the sides of the car, and also having triangular reinforcing ribs at each corner.

3. An end plate for a freight car made in two sections; a heavy transverse reinforcing rib at the junction of the two plates, each plate having triangular ribs at the center and at the sides; and reinforcing ribs within the triangular ribs.

4. The combination of an end plate for a freight car made in two sectionsi a horizontal reinforcing nbeam projecting outwardly beyond the surface of the plate, each plate having three triangular reinforcing ribs, one ot' said triangular ribs being a central rib and the others being located at the sides of each plate so that when the two plates are secured together the outside triangular ribs will form triangular braces at the corners of the end plate.

5, An. end plate for a freight car having a central triangular rib and two side triangular ribs; with a series of transverse ribs differing in length and located within the main triangular rib.

6. rlhe combination in an end plate for a railway car, of two sections, one section having a anged rib formed on its upper edge, the other section 'having a portion overlapping the {lange of said rib, said rib forming a beam extending from one side of the car to the other, each section having a central triangular rib extending from one edge of each section to the other edge; and triangular ribs at the corners acting as corner braces for the car.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

JOHN-S. WORTH. CHARLES BRECHT. Witnesses:

`W1LLIAM H. BROWN, G. S. Won'rH. 

